²¹But if the wicked returns from all of his sins^l that he has done and he keeps all of my statutes and he does justice and righteousness, he shall surely live; he shall not die! ²²All of his transgressions that he committed will not be remembered against^m him. Throughⁿ his righteousness that he has done he shall live. ²³Have I delight by any means^o in the death of the wicked, declares^p the Lord Yahweh, and not at his turning from his way, so that^q he lives? ²⁴And when the righteous turns^r from his righteousness, so that^s he does injustice, and does all of the detestable things that the wicked do, then^t will he live because of all of his righteousness^u that he did? Those things will not be remembered because of his infidelity that he displayed, and because of his sin that he committed.^v Through^w them he shall die.

²⁵“Yet^x you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair!’ Listen, now, house of Israel, is my way not fair? Is it not your ways that are not fair? ²⁶When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and he does injustice, then^y he will die because of them; because of his injustice that he did he will die! ²⁷And when the wicked turns from his wickedness that he did and he does justice and righteousness, he will preserve his life.^z ²⁸And if he sees and he returns from all of his transgressions that he did, surely he will live; he will not die! ²⁹And yet they, the house of Israel, say, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair!’ Are not my ways fair, house of Israel? Are not your ways unfair?^a

³⁰“Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, each one^b according to his ways,” declares^c the Lord Yahweh. “Repent^d and turn around from all of your transgression, and it will not be as a stumbling block of iniquity to you. ³¹Throw away from yourselves^e all of your transgressions that you committed,^f and make for yourselves^g a new heart and new spirit, and so why will you die, house of Israel? ³²For I have no pleasure in the death of the dying,” declares^h the Lord Yahweh. “And so repentⁱ and live!”

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Footnotes

lAccording to the reading tradition (Qere)
mOr “for”
nOr “By means of”
oOr “in any way”
pLiterally “declaration of”
qLiterally “and”
rLiterally “at turning of the righteous”
sLiterally “and”
tOr “and”
uAccording to the reading tradition (Qere)
vLiterally “sin that he sinned”
wOr “in/by”
xOr “And”
yOr “and”
zLiterally “his soul/life he will keep alive”
aLiterally “not ways your not are right”
bHebrew “man”
cLiterally “declaration of”
dOr “Turn/Return”
eLiterally “from on you”
fHebrew “committed with them”
gLiterally “to you”
hLiterally “declaration of”
iOr “turn/return”